Word: tailwind
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Strangely enough, the fastest speed was made by the second Freshman boat. Their time of 7:16.2 was aided by a tailwind which had shifted to the opposite direction when the varsity raced...
...afternoon actually started out with almost perfect rowing conditions as a slight tailwind favored the first two races, both won by Harvard. The second freshmen heavies won the combination race, and then the first-string yardlings won by a length over Princeton in 8:58.4, more than half a minute better than the winning Princeton varsity time...
...clear and cool as 164 runners set out on the road to Boston, a welcome tailwind at their backs. By the time they reached the first checkpoint in Framingham, four men chugged together in the van: Kelley, Costes and the two Finns. By Auburndale, 10 miles from the finish, the race was already narrowed down to easy-striding Kelley the younger and the chop-gaited Viskari, with Kelley slightly ahead...
Popell and Chrisman are both confident of at least finishing the race, but refuse to predict how near they'll come to the record of two hours, 18.5 minutes, not last year with the benefit of a strong tailwind...
...major cities on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border and on both seacoasts were under theoretical air attack by jet and piston-powered bombers of the U.S. and Canadian air forces. Ground observers were alerted and fighter squadrons ordered to scramble to the defense of their zones. Operation Tailwind, involving some 1,600 aircraft and thousands of ground personnel, was the second major test of the continent's northern air defenses. Unlike last year's Exercise Signpost, it produced no fatal accidents. When the enormous amount of data from written reports and the photographic records...